![]() ![]() The margin of error is nil and marketplace priorities can lead to disaster and so Krakauer criticizes the commercialization of mountaineering. Everest in the ""Dead Zone"" above 25,000 feet demands incredible self-reliance, responsible guides, supplemental oxygen and ideal weather conditions. His own descriptions of the splendid landscape are exhilarating. ![]() Excerpts from the writings of several of the best-known of them, including Sir Edmund Hillary, kick off Krakauer's intense reports on each leg of the ill-fated expedition. most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace."" High-altitude climbers are an eccentric breed-Olympian idealists, dreamers, consummate sportsmen, egomaniacs and thrill-seekers. ![]() ""And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium and suffering. ""Climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain,"" writes Krakauer (Into the Wild). Everest to amateur climbers has become a gripping story of a 1996 expedition gone awry and of the ensuing disaster that killed two top guides, a sherpa and several clients. What set out to be a magazine article on top-of-the-line tours that promise safe ascents of Mt. ![]()
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